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Colbert issues Grassley-esque tweets
Stephen Colbert was so eager Tuesday evening to discuss Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) calling President Barack Obama “stupid” on Twitter that he decided to read the Senator’s grammatically challenged account. “Folks, this isn’t just tweeting, this is avant-garde, stream of consciousness poetry,” he said. ”It’s Jack Kerouac typing On The Road with…
Jon Stewart destroys CNN for ‘branded news segments within the news’
On Tuesday night, Daily Show host Jon Stewart took CNN to task for their seemingly endless amount of catchy-sounding but irrelevantly-named segments. “CNN seems to believe that the key to revitalizing the network is to create branded news segments within the news,” he said. “Why are you doing this?” Stewart…
Parody ad shows how to do your taxes like Mitt Romney
Well, it’s that time again. For all you last-minute tax filers, the deadline is only six days away to gather up all your receipts and your W-2s, sit down with Turbo Tax and a bottle of Excedrin and get to it. Next year, though, why not do what Mitt Romney…
Stewart creates ‘LOLCats’ image to respond to Judith Miller
Jon Stewart analyzed the fallout from NBC editing the 911 call tapes of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman Monday night, including poking fun at Fox News’ outrage at their news rival. Stewart was intrigued by Fox News contributor Judith Miller criticizing NBC for bad journalism, citing how Miller is notorious…
Lewis Black on Trayvon Martin case: A process is missing
Comedian Lewis Black on Monday night was baffled by the fact that George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, was not arrested. “Doesn’t there have to be some sort of process that occurs were they at least yell at him for awhile,” he asked CNN’s Piers Morgan.…
SNL mocks Romney for pandering to everyone
In a send-up of Mitt Romney’s presidential aspirations, Saturday Night Live mocked the Republican frontrunner by displaying parody clips of a campaign tour in which “he claimed to be interested in things we know he is not interested in.” Speaking before the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
Colbert Report takes on Florida’s manatee mailbox massacre
The idyllic town of Cocoa, Florida may seem like a peaceful place, but lurking there between the palm fronds is a violent criminal. Someone is blowing up the manatee mailboxes of this otherwise pleasant, peaceful Florida town. On Thursday’s “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert turned a penetrating investigative eye…
Daily Show challenge: Can you make Bill O’Reilly pay $4 for a shrimp?
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart took on the mini-scandal that is currently riling up commentators across the spectrum of right and left, the $825,000 Las Vegas conference of the GSA, the General Services Administration. The GSA is, ironically enough, the agency in charge of…
Romney Won’t Make Babies with Paul Ryan
Just because Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney thinks that Paul Ryan is a “leading Republican light,” that doesn’t mean Romney wants to conceive children with him. Ryan may be a “bold” and “brilliant visionary” whose socially Darwinist budget proposal Romney believes is an “excellent piece of work,” but that doesn’t…
Colbert celebrates Peabody win for super PAC segments
Journalism’s prestigious Peabody Awards are presented each year for outstanding accomplishments in electronic media. The award stretches back over a 71 year history encompassing radio, television and now, the Internet. The Peabody is the award that Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed to have won until his story was debunked by Senator…
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